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DOUGLAS B-26K (A-26A) COUNTER INVADER
1964
 
LIGHT BOMBER/ATTACK AIRCRAFT
  
     
 
 
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DOUGLAS B-26K (A-26A) INVADER
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 LIGHT BOMBER/ATTACK AIRCRAFT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 Douglas Aircraft Company
FIRST FLIGHT :
 January 28, 1963
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1964
NUMBER BUILT :
 40 (Converted)
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m)
LENGTH :
 51 ft 7 in (15.72 m)
HEIGHT :
 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m)
WING AREA :
 541 sq ft (164.9 m sq)
WING LOADING :
 ---
POWER LOADING :
 ---
ASPECT RATIO :
 ---
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 25,130 lbs (11398.8 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 38,314 lbs (17378.9 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 39,250 lbs (17803.5 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 8 × .50-cal M2 Machine Guns in Nose,
PAYLOAD :
 12,000 lb (5443 kg) of Bombs - (4,000 lbs (1814.4 kg) Internally/
 
 8,000 lbs (3628.7 kg) Externally)
POWER PLANT :
 2 x Wright R-2800-52W Cyclone Radial Engines, Rated at
 
 2,500 hp, 1,750 hp at 15,000 ft (4572 m)
CREW :
 2
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 323 mph (519.8 km/h) at 15,000 ft (4572 m); 291 mph (468.3 km/h)
 
 at Sea Level
CRUISING SPEED :
 169 mph (272 km/h)
LANDING SPEED :
 ---
CLIMB RATE :
 2,050 ft/min (624.8 m/min)
RANGE :
 700 miles (1126.5 km) Combat Radius with 3,518 lbs (5661.7 kg)
 
 Bomb Load; 2,700 miles (4345.2 km) Ferry
SERVICE CEILING :
 28,600 ft (8717.3 m); 24,400 ft (7437.1 m) Combat Ceiling
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

  
 
     
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